Illumination device for vehicles

An illumination device for vehicles comprising a plurality of light sources with a lens arranged in front of the light sources in the main emission direction and with an optical element assembly arranged between the light sources and the lens, wherein:

• the optical element assembly is configured as an intermediate lens, which comprises a plurality of prisms on a light entry side facing the light sources for collecting the light emitted by the light sources and which, on a light exit side facing away from the light sources, has a plurality of elevations for scattering the light emerging from the intermediate lens,
• the lens is configured as a scattering lens, which has a scattering structure or a volume-scattering material on a light entry side facing the intermediate lens or on a light exit side facing away from the intermediate lens, and
• the elevations respectively comprise a depth that is less than the depth of the prisms.

An illumination device for vehicles comprising a plurality of light sources with a lens arranged in front of the light sources in the main emission direction and with an optical element assembly arranged between the light sources and the lens, wherein:

• the optical element assembly is configured as an intermediate lens, which comprises a plurality of prisms on a light entry side facing the light sources for collecting the light emitted by the light sources and which, on a light exit side facing away from the light sources, has a plurality of elevations for scattering the light emerging from the intermediate lens,
• the lens is configured as a scattering lens, which has a scattering structure or a volume-scattering material on a light entry side facing the intermediate lens or on a light exit side facing away from the intermediate lens, and
• the first base surface of the intermediate lens arranged on the light entry side comprises a flat or curved section or a structured section with a flat surface extending perpendicular to the main axis in the region of a main axis of the light sources extending in the main emission direction.